Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-16

| COrSlC20a democrat.
Those who go into the present cam
paign to contend that prohibition is I'M
democratic are the real Gisorganfzers of
| the party in Texas. Senator COke's view
| is the correct one. The Democracy of
| the state has solemnlY declared that pro-
hibition is not test of party feality, and
! leaves every Democrat to vote pro or con
without affecting his party standing. The
! question may be discussed freely in all its
! phases as q social, moral, religious or
! economical problem, but whoever cracks
tie party whip is simply q disorganizer
and all good Democrats should beware of
! him as one who holds not the true faith
as laid down-by the law and the prophets,
| i Waco Day.
! Paul to Timothy: 'Take q little wine
for thy stomach's sake" Timothy:
That's what's the matter with my
stomach w."-[Troupe Vidette.
The Observation-Disclosures fully recog-
nze tie gravity Of the situation, and are
| forming strong combinations and will be
heard from with "duil thud" as soon as
tley get their artillery in position Tex
arkana Times.
| Indications favor large majority in
! Williamson county in favor of the prOhi-
| bitiOn amendment. The earnestness with
which representative men throughout the
! county have engaged in the canvass for
the amendment, and the COGSideTate,
| busineSs-like methods which have been
adopted for the conduct Of the campaign
| fully warrant this expression OF opinion,
or, perhaps, to speak accurately, this
statement of fact. The composition of
the county prohibition convention held
here on last Monday week was exceed
lngly gratifying to friends Of prohibition,
and seemed a guarantee OF the large vote
which will doubtless be cast in this
county next August for the amendment.
i Georgetown Sun.
So far as prohibition is concerned the
J Mail IS pleasantly seated on the fence
with Sayer, sedste as a Judge, at one ell
! bow and Jones, smiling Ike a small boy
| in his first pantaloOns, q { the other, with
Beaumont leaning agains. said fence in
mood Of deep meditation taking q rest,
while G Dlledge-WeIl, let's see-GOuedge
has prohibition in one column and anti
| prOhibi ion in the next, which leads US
to conclude thai he is a good deal like
the Dutchman who climbed up the apple
tree TO get some peaches to make plum
pudding, and fell off astraddle of the
fence nit both legs on one side. y Itasca
Alliance Mail.
The Advance sadly calls the attention
Of the ''True Blues" to the fact that the
officers of Waco last week interfered with
the personal liberty OF sixteen cOlOred Citi-
Zans next door to this office These cOlOr6d
! citizens had rented q room and weren't
doing anything but playing "craps"-and
! they did it quietly, for the employees Of
this office never did hear any noise at all
in that room. But the officers came in
and robbed them of their personal lib
erty at one Whack. Now WhGt'u they do
mex If man can't have the right to
shoot "craps'' is life worth living, any
way? And won't these Waco officers soon
be Rrresting men for chewing tobacco?
And won't such diaboIical fanaticism dis
rupt the Democratic party? And aren't
the people capable of self-gOvernment?
What harm is there in craps, anyway?
Isn't it move to put the COlored people
back into slavery? II this tanGticism
don't stop it will tear up the very founda-
tons of the crap-shOoting business,
hornSWOggle the constitution Of the
United States, bring about q union of
church and state and put all the women
to voting. Whittier are we drifting, and
if so to what exteIt?-[ Waco Advance.
We oppose prohibition because we be-
lieve i. is contrary to true republican
government. 1t is the state coming into
mans private affairs and debating what
is good for HIN and his, and what IS not
good. 1t proceeds on the hypothesis that
d man is not capable of governing his
tastes and appetites. 1t is but a holder
step on the part of the state to usurp
those reserved rights that belong to every
citizen. 1t lays down a principle that
affords a reason for every species of
sumptuary legislation. 1t says the re-
mOval of temptation by the state is the
best and only way to save the morals Of
the people. l. abandons virtually the
great moral influence of the family, the
Sunday school and the church. It is
contrary to every species of legis-
latiOn on our statute books. 1t
is bold encroachment by the
state upon the rights OF the people. 1t
will be followed by woman suffrage,
national aid to education, government
control CT all railroads, telegraph and
manufacturing enterprises, abolition OF
the right to Owa land, and finally com
plete swallowing up of every vestige of
liberty by the state, and the establishment
Of centralized paternalized despotism
on the ruins of this republic. This last,
of course, is only prediction, but we
arrive st it by logical following out the
! principle of legislation embraced IN this
amendment. The other propositions we
know we can establish, every one OF
them by correct reasoning. Again, the
amendment will not secure what its ad-
J Vocates hope, and the object could be
better attained. by other legislation, il
= Wills Point Chronicle.
As far as noticed the press of the state
has indicated it's position as follows:
FOR PROHIBITION.
Abilene Reporter, Henderson News,
Abilene News, Honey Grove Citizen
Albany Sun, Honey Grove Herald,
Anderson Herald, Henrietta Enterprise
Alvarado Signal, Jefferson News,
Arson Voice, Jefferson JimpieCute,
Arson Western, JaCksborO Gazette,